Stephen Hadley
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Stephen Hadley
Stephen John Hadleywas the 21st U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, serving under President George W. Bush...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth13 February 1947
CountryUnited States of America
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What happens if on September 7th of 2001, we had gotten one of the hijackers and based on information associated with that arrest, believed that within four days, there's going to be a devastating attack on the United States?
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We do not rule out the use of force before attacks occur, even if uncertainty remains as to the time and place of the enemy's attack.
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We don't feel we are engaging the regime. Again, what we are doing is removing some objection to something the Europeans are doing.
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We think we're going to make progress on three of them.
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We share with the Panamanians a goal of a stable hemisphere that is democratic, secure and prosperous,
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There are questions raised in the Congress, and what this delay allows is for those questions to be addressed on the Hill. There's nothing to reopen.
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We're making progress, but we're not yet there.
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We're making progress, but we're not yet there. The Indians, hopefully, will have an opportunity from their end to see where we are, and we would expect those negotiations will continue by phone, document and the like, probably up to the president's visit.
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We're confident, the president is confident, when Congress really understands the transaction they will conclude as he did, it's the right thing to do.
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We've talked to the Europeans about it. It's clear if those negotiations fail, then we are agreed with the Europeans that the next step is to take the matter to the U.N. Security Council.
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Pakistan is an old ally of the United States.
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There's Pam watching anxiously. She doesn't look anxious though.
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We hope and we've made clear that the forces need to come out. It needs to be full and complete withdrawal. Our position is it needs to be done as soon as possible so that the elections can be free, fair and free of outside influence.
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There are more serious leaders who are outstanding and not in custody than the three you described and I am sure that a number of those will not be part of the reconciliation process but again that is a decision that the Afghan government has the lead on,